抽打 (chōu dǎ) — to lash, to whip, to flog

Definition

verb
to lashto whipto flog

Examples

  • 抽打。
    Tā fèn nù dì chōu dǎ zhe nà pǐ mǎ.
    He angrily lashed the horse.
  • 抽打，。
    Nóng mín yòng biān zi chōu dǎ niú, ràng tā kuài zǒu.
    The farmer whipped the ox to make it go faster.
  • 抽打。
    Zhè zhǒng xíng fá shì yòng téng tiáo chōu dǎ fàn rén de bèi bù.
    This punishment involves lashing the prisoner's back with rattan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

抽chōuwhip
打dǎstrike

抽 and 打 both describe striking, so together they mean to lash or whip.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
由
由yóu抽chōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 is the hand form, written in full as 手, and the right part 由 provides the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng打dǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

打 uses 扌, a hand, to show an action done with the hand, and 丁 to give the sound.

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